12 October 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned outage.

All importers using the Paperless process to lodge Self Assessed Clearance declarations to the department for biosecurity assessment.

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned outage.

The National Fisheries Plan provides a shared vision to grow Australia’s fishing and seafood sectors in a sustainable way. It does this by outlining initiatives and targets to be achieved by 2030 across 9 priority areas.

We created the Plan with state and territory governments and the seafood community.

The final Plan reflects the feedback we received through public consultation. 

We thank all fishers, industry and researchers for their input to the Plan.

We have now developed an implementation framework to achieve its targets.

Publication details

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 2020

Date of issue: 08 October 2020

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2020-11

Attention:

Date of issue: 7 October 2020

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2020-16

Attention:

Download the plans

6 October 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) System during this planned maintenance period.     

Information

Due to scheduled maintenance, the Department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 10 October to 03:30 Sunday 11 October 2020 (AEDT).  

6 October 2020

Who does this notice affect?

International travellers, international vessel masters and their agents, and Australian importers and overseas exporters of high-risk plant products sent via international mail (including items posted using Express Mail Service).

Date of issue: 30 September 2020

Date of effect: Immediate

Previous advice: MAA 2020-11: Canada: Fish: Frozen, in-shell, farmed abalone

Attention:  

30 September 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All users making payments to the department via the below systems:

• Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS)
• Maritime Arrival Reporting System (MARS)
• Online Payment Service (OPS)
• Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS)

Information

The issue preventing invoices/receipts from being issued through the above systems has been resolved.

The backlog of failed invoices/receipts has been resent. The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.